David Andrews Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Americans dying of "diseases of despair": "My personal view is that despair-related illness reflects a failure of capitalism and the consequences of a political class that has served the needs of the elite while largely abandoning the working class," [Dr.] George told Salon. https://www.salon.com/2021/05/21/diseases-of-despair-deaths-usa-inequality/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 It's not that tech leaders don't see any threats on the horizon — they live by the slogan popularized by Intel's Andy Grove, "Only the paranoid survive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, David Andrews said: It's OK, Arizona will pay for it by slashing Unemployment and forcing people back to work. David, It's not only that. The Secretary of State is not going to accept the results of any future election totaled on those voting machines. Who knows what malware has been planted on them? The people of Phoenix and Maricopa County have been instantly dis-enfranchised until they get all their voting machines replaced. They have also been photographing the actual ballots. Who knows where those photographs have been uploaded? Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Deleted Steve Thomas Edited December 26, 2022 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) We have a standing position in this country. Steve Thomas Edited December 26, 2022 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Steve Thomas said: We have a standing position in this country. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, W. Niederhut said: I don't see a stop button, just skip. Kind of a moot but still important point, they were all native American morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Maybe it's time to review Tim Robbins' 1992 film Bob Roberts, in which the candidate's empty populist rhetoric predicts Trump's, and his pompadour predicts Matt Gaetz's. In this scene, journalist Bugs Raplin (Giancarlo Esposito) runs afoul of Bob Roberts' supporters. Maybe we all should have reviewed this film in 2016... Edited May 23, 2021 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Belarus KGB believed to be on plane forced to land in Minsk, says Ryanair CEO | Belarus | The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 The Banality of Democratic Collapse By Paul Krugman From the article: America’s democratic experiment may well be nearing its end. That’s not hyperbole; it’s obvious to anyone following the political scene. Republicans might take power legitimately; they might win through pervasive voter suppression; G.O.P. legislators might simply refuse to certify Democratic electoral votes and declare Donald Trump or his political heir the winner. However it plays out, the G.O.P. will try to ensure a permanent lock on power and do all it can to suppress dissent. Opinion | Republican Cowardice Endangers American Democracy - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I didn't know whether to put this here, or in the Unacknowledged Thread. QAnon Crowd Convinced UFOs Are a Diversion From Voter Fraud “They want you talking about aliens because they don’t want you talking about Maricopa,” Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson tweeted. by Will Sommer May. 25, 2021 https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-crowd-convinced-ufos-are-a-diversion-from-voter-fraud?ref=home For “ufologists,” long mocked as tinfoil hat-wearers obsessed with little green men, some measure of vindication may finally be at hand. But for many UFO enthusiasts on the right, this new round of UFO disclosures is nothing to cheer about. Instead, they’re claiming the new videos of possible UFO sightings are meant to distract people from Donald Trump’s baseless voter fraud allegations and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s no doubt that this mainstream UFO disclosure push is offering a convenient distraction for the Deep State to turn our attention away from important issues like the Scamdemic and the election fraud getting exposed,” Jordan Sather, a UFO and QAnon conspiracy theorist, complained on social media network Telegram on May 19.” All those UFO videos are faked doncha know. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Igor Sechin: Russia's Darth Vader - PREVAIL by Greg Olear (substack.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 “God works in mysterious ways” Police: Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel left student with bruise, kicked him in testicles By Jonathan Shorman, Katie Bernard, and Sarah Ritter May 25, 2021 https://www.kansascity.com/article251666688.html “Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel said “God works in mysterious ways” when confronted by law enforcement officers over a bruise he allegedly gave a student while he was substitute teaching in April, according to a newly-released court document. The Wellsville Republican faces three misdemeanor battery charges involving two approximately 16-year-old victims from an April 28 incident at the city’s high school. Numerous videos taken by students that day show Samsel ranting about God, the Bible, masturbation and suicide. One student told police Samsel kicked him in the crotch.” These Republican Congressmen don’t mess around. They cut right to the chase. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said: “God works in mysterious ways” Police: Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel left student with bruise, kicked him in testicles Perhaps it was too early to open the schools...to teachers. Edited May 25, 2021 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities -- and potential for chaos by James Griffiths and Nectar Gan, CNN May 14, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/china/china-afghanistan-central-asia-mic-intl-hnk/index.html “Speaking at a forum of Central Asian leaders this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing supports the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and stands ready to play a role in promoting future "stability and development." Days earlier, however, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry had criticized the "recent abrupt US announcement of complete withdrawal of forces," saying this had "led to a succession of explosive attacks throughout the country, worsening the security situation and threatening peace and stability as well as people's life and safety." These contrasting statements are indicative of how Beijing is torn between seizing the potential opportunity presented by the United States finally pulling out of Afghanistan, and the widespread -- and well founded -- fear that the country could plunge once again into civil war and chaos. China is normally loathe to support any foreign intervention on principle, but unlike the Iraq War, which Beijing vociferously opposed, China's leaders were quietly supportive of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, signing on to a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Taliban for harboring al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, and calling for a new government. This was in large part due to a recognition that under the Taliban, Afghanistan had become a source of instability on China's border, hosting not only militant groups targeting the West, but also alleged Uyghur extremist organizations seeking an independent Xinjiang, including one that Beijing would blame for numerous terrorist attacks in China during the 1990s and 2000s.” Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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